Turkish military says kills 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

Turkish military says kills 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
Turkish warplanes carried out airstrikes on Kurdistan Worker Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq. (AFP)
Updated 28 May 2017
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Turkish military says kills 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

Turkish military says kills 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

ANKARA: Turkey’s military killed 13 members of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq on Sunday, the military said in a statement.
The warplanes struck seven PKK targets in the Avasin-Basyan region of northern Iraq, and killed militants believed to be preparing for an attack, the military said.
In a separate air strike in Turkey’s southeastern province of Van late on Saturday, the military said warplanes had killed another 10 PKK militants.
The PKK, which has carried out a three-decade insurgency in southeast Turkey, has camps in the mountains of northern Iraq, near the Turkish border. It is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.